Watch Your Pet Thriving by Fish Oil

We have all seen canines eating grass and then bringing it right back up. This is usually a sign that your pet needs a digestive enzyme. These enzymes normally come powder form and can sprinkled over their food. As their digestion improves the grass-eating will cease and your pet will no longer have an upset stomach.

Fish oil and omega-3 supplements are a great way to help your pets fight arthritic inflammation and pain as they age. Fish oil helps canines with skin issues, allergies, and losing their hair in spots. Lots of cancers and joint issues are helped by the additional omega-3 fatty acids. Domesticated pets do not get the same amounts of nice oil in their diet because the highly processed foods do not contain it. Therefore supplements in this section are very important. It is important to watch for stomach upset with canines and fish oil but it can usually be corrected by lowering the dose.

Another help, for larger animals is glucosamine. Pets that have longer than normal bodies, longer, thinner legs, or heavy jumpers may benefit from the use of glucosamine. It helps to pad and protect the joints before any disease is discovered and then to provide relief from pain after a process has been discovered.

A couple of recent studies for canines have shown that puppies learn faster from their mothers when the father has been given an omega-3 supplement in the coursework of the pregnancy. The puppies were also given a supplement after the birth and they retained information earlier and learned it at a faster rate than a control group that was not supplemented. Care must be taken when given any oily supplement to a pet as it may cause diarrhea.

 like humans, animals require a diet heavy in antioxidants. Again the processed diets of our pets leaves them lacking the nutrients they would get if eating a wild, raw diet. Vitamin E is very important for pedigreed canines. It will help to fight heart infections and reduce any inflammation in their bodies. Vitamin E will also help to keep cancerous cells from forming in their organs. It can also help with hair loss and allergy issues.

Lots of canines suffer from heart disease in the event that they have battled heart worms or some other type of heart issue earlier in their lives. Co-enzyme Q10 can help with this. Canines who have a necessity for this supplement will usually have dry eyes.

Brewer's yeast is another great additive to your pet's diet in areas where fleas and ticks are prevalent. The yeast in their method acts as a natural repellant to these pests. As increasingly supplements come online for our pets it will be fascinating to watch what other discoveries are made as veterinarians and pet owners similar look for ways to extend the lives of their best friends.